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Auction: 5028 - The Samuel King Collection of Highly Important British Gold Coins
Lot: 7

xRichard II, type IIIB, Half-noble, 3.82g., London, king standing facing in ship, holding sword and shield, lion on rudder, RICARD D G REX ANGL Z FRANC D HY D AQ, rev. floriated cross with lis at ends, R in centre, saltire/annulet stops, m.m. double annulet on reverse only (Schneider 173 (same obv. die); N.1311; S.1667), small dent repaired in obverse field, struck slightly off-centre, otherwise almost very fine for this extremely rare coin, one of four known with the lion on rudder Estimate £ 1,200-1,500 PROVENANCE:R C Lockett, Glendining, 11 October 1956, lot 1336Glendining, 30 May 1961, lot 612Christie´s, 26 February, 1991, lot 547

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